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Recent Examples of calmly
Name your value, then stand calmly by it.
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Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
That ability to calmly claim crosses when coming through a bunch of bodies has been evident throughout this season, but the major theme that has underpinned Raya’s consistency is concentration.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Employees need to be focused, relaxed and alert enough to prevent emergencies when possible and respond quickly and calmly when something does go wrong.
—John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Investigators said Tierney attempted to calmly speak with the suspect on the sidewalk before the encounter turned violent.
—Matthew Kling, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Outfitted in primary colors, the red, blue and yellow of his look was calmly accented by white shoes — specifically white leather Vela boxing boots.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Rip calmly approaches the woman, Anna Dupree (Dale Dickey), and asks her to drop the weapon.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Showrunner Ben Thursby-Palmer was a calmly authoritative Brit with a prodigious understanding of live spectacle.
—Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
His sense of crafting anecdotes into top-tier material and knowing how to use his sweet-molasses pacing to calmly detonate a joke is damn near peerless.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
That ability to calmly claim crosses when coming through a bunch of bodies has been evident throughout this season, but the major theme that has underpinned Raya’s consistency is concentration.
—Art De Roché, New York Times, 26 May 2026
Employees need to be focused, relaxed and alert enough to prevent emergencies when possible and respond quickly and calmly when something does go wrong.
—John F. McQuillan, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Investigators said Tierney attempted to calmly speak with the suspect on the sidewalk before the encounter turned violent.
—Matthew Kling, CBS News, 26 May 2026
Outfitted in primary colors, the red, blue and yellow of his look was calmly accented by white shoes — specifically white leather Vela boxing boots.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 26 May 2026
Rip calmly approaches the woman, Anna Dupree (Dale Dickey), and asks her to drop the weapon.
—Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
Showrunner Ben Thursby-Palmer was a calmly authoritative Brit with a prodigious understanding of live spectacle.
—Anna Peele, Vulture, 20 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for calmly
Adverb
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Unlike the coolly impassive Pop artists, the Who weren’t afraid to get personal, or to let their art echo the anxious, kinky, maladjusted yammering in their own heads.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The bezel round the screen is extremely narrow too, while the rear panel features a flat back and a side structure that coolly creates the impression of being created from a series of separate layers.—
John Archer,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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At Elkhorn Ranch, the foundation of Roosevelt's cabin lies peacefully under tall cottonwoods.—
Julia Sayers Gokhale,
Midwest Living,
1 June 2026
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His family said in a statement that Berry died peacefully at home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, surrounded by family, including his wife of 65 years, Sally.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 June 2026
Adverb
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Perhaps, but Alonso’s attentive gaze reworks the meaning of excitement such that a banal exchange with the nearby farmhand, and a drive into the nearby village, provide minor thrills — that is, if you’re properly settled onto Alonso’s serenely sluggish wavelength.—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
16 May 2026
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One of the spaces is serenely accented in all white and features rounded paneling that can open or close depending on the client’s preference for privacy.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
3 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Nature is no big deal in Cristian Mungiu‘s superb new drama of systemic order and individual disarray, which takes in the sprawling waters and monochrome mountainscapes of the region with a placidly appreciative eye.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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That sequence also introduces a placidly smiley Kylie Jenner playing herself on seemingly a Valium-Adderall speedball of deluded bounciness.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Calmly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/calmly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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